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词汇 tychism
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Definition of tychism in English:

tychism

noun ˈtʌɪkɪz(ə)mˈtīkˌizəm
mass nounPhilosophy
  • The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe.

    〔哲〕偶成论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My paper gives an account of the development of Peirce's views on probability, and of the seminal role these views played both in his ethical grounding of logic, and in tychism, his doctrine of absolute chance.
    • Addressing this paradox, Robert Caserio employs the concept of ‘tychism’ (from the Greek tyche, meaning law of chance) to shed light on the novel and on major intellectual movements in England in the first half of the twentieth century.
    • Turning to a more specific relationship between Peirce and Aristotle regarding this issue, the mature view of Peirce comprises two fundamental doctrines of tychism and synechism.
    • The last essay demonstrates the results of applying tychism and exchangeability to agricultural economics.
    • This collection focuses primarily on Peirce's realism, pragmatism, and theism, with attention to his tychism and synechism.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek tukhē 'chance' + -ism.

Definition of tychism in US English:

tychism

nounˈtīkˌizəm
Philosophy
  • The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe.

    〔哲〕偶成论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This collection focuses primarily on Peirce's realism, pragmatism, and theism, with attention to his tychism and synechism.
    • Turning to a more specific relationship between Peirce and Aristotle regarding this issue, the mature view of Peirce comprises two fundamental doctrines of tychism and synechism.
    • The last essay demonstrates the results of applying tychism and exchangeability to agricultural economics.
    • My paper gives an account of the development of Peirce's views on probability, and of the seminal role these views played both in his ethical grounding of logic, and in tychism, his doctrine of absolute chance.
    • Addressing this paradox, Robert Caserio employs the concept of ‘tychism’ (from the Greek tyche, meaning law of chance) to shed light on the novel and on major intellectual movements in England in the first half of the twentieth century.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek tukhē ‘chance’ + -ism.

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